French Privateer frigate 'L'Hercule' (1689)

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L'Hercule
Nominal Guns	30	ref:683
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1689	ref:1585
Home Port	Brest - Brittany	ref:1585
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1585
Category	Privateer	ref:683
Ship Type	Frigate (Frégate Légère)	ref:1585
Last known	1690	ref:1585

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1585
Burthen200French Tonneaux195.8

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1689/06 - 1690/11/03 Principal Managing Ownerref:1585

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
6.1689 - 1690Capitaine de Frégate Légèreref:1586

Service History

DateEventSource
1689Took the Merchant ref:1585
1689Took the Merchant ref:1585
bef.12.6.1689Took the Merchant , N.W. of the Isles of Scilly .ref:1585
bef.12.6.1689Took the Merchant , N.W. of the Isles of Scilly .ref:1585
bef.12.6.1689Took the Merchant , N.W. of the Isles of Scilly .ref:1585
bef.12.6.1689Took the Merchant , N.W. of the Isles of Scilly .ref:1585
bef.12.6.1689Took the Merchantman , N.W. of the Isles of Scilly .ref:1585
7.4.1690Took the Merchant ref:1585
9.4.1690Took the Merchant near Ouessantref:1585
24.4.1690Took the Merchant near Cape Finisterreref:1585

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
6.1689-10.1690	Armement Mixte of Colbert de Seignelay	Jacques Dandenne PèreFrench Naval Sailor Privateer Service 1684-1694
10.1690-3.11.1690	Armement Mixte of Colbert de Seignelay et d'Amon	Jacques Dandenne PèreFrench Naval Sailor Privateer Service 1684-1694

Notes on Ship

Commissionref:1585

Commission du 1er mars 1690 , à Jacques Dandenne , pour armer en guerre la frégate l'Hercule , de Brest , du port de 200 tonneaux .

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:1585 Web Site

ref:1586 Thesis

ref:683Gilbert Buti, Philippe Hrodej, Digital Book

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